LawFuel’s 2022 Lawyer of the Year is the battling ‘loophole lawyer’ who fought to get Charlotte Bellis into the country under the MIQ lottery system.
The headline number is enormous, but what it’s made of is more interesting. For decades, BigLaw has enshined the idea that time is money and now A&O Shearman is taking that literally by asking its lawyers to spend some of their billable hours building technology that could eventually make a good many of them unnecessary.
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Power Point: Women in New Zealand lead the judiciary, head the litigation teams at two of New Zealand’s biggest firms and make up most of the profession. But former Law Society President Jacque Lethbridge says the room in a major commercial case still looks remarkably male. She explains why that is and how to fix
Venable LLP announced today that Amber Healy has joined the firm as a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice in Los Angeles. Ms. Healy represents employers in high-stakes wage-and-hour class, collective, and representative actions, including matters under California’s Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). Ms. Healy has litigated hundreds of class, collective, and representative actions for employers
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(November 9, 2026) – Jason M. Branciforte (Washington, D.C.), A. John Harper III (Houston) and Theodora R. Lee (Dallas, Walnut Creek), shareholders at Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, have been selected as fellows of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (the College), joining the organization’s distinguished 2026 class. The trio was formally inducted at
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ADGM Court finds Dr Shetty and Prasanth Manghat liable on all counts, with sums in excess of USD 5bn indicated Following the recent USD 600m settlement of related ADGM and London proceedings with Bank of Baroda, Quinn Emanuel, acting for the Joint Administrators of NMC Health, Richard Fleming and Benjamin Cairns of Alvarez & Marsal, has won
In a historic political ascent, former Sidley Austin associate Melat Kiros has been elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, making history as the first Generation Z woman elected to Congress and the first Black woman to represent Colorado in the U.S. House. The 29-year-old attorney and democratic socialist won Colorado’s 1st Congressional District in
Article source: SetforLifeInsurance.com Law students, associate attorneys and solo attorneys can buy disability insurance for attorneys before they have income to prove, and the premium is set at their current age and health. Attorney disability insurance costs least in that early window, when law school debt is largest and the practice is newest, and individual
LawFuel analysis | World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2026 New Zealand has dropped two places to seventh in the World Justice Project’s 2026 Rule of Law Index. Its scores fell for government transparency, fundamental rights, criminal justice and, less noticed, the checks on government power itself. The Index, released on 21 October, still
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The Gori Law Firm, a nationally recognized asbestos and mesothelioma litigation firm representing clients nationwide, has been recognized in the 2027 edition of Best Law Firms®, published by Best Lawyers, earning a Metropolitan Tier 1 ranking in both Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs and Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs in the St. Louis market — an upgrade from the firm’s
Article source: Philbrook Law Image source A serious crash pulls your focus toward doctors, bills, and pain. Meanwhile, the proof of what happened keeps changing. Rain washes the road, store cameras record over old footage, and repair shops fix damaged cars. The loss usually becomes clear when an insurance adjuster or a Battle Ground personal
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